Nobody could figure out what to do with all the loose yarn scraps they had left over from making sweaters and socks for holiday gifts, until now that is. The folks over at Union Bridge Labs have created a half-monster, half-machine dubbed the Yarn Monster which is part machine and part monster. The yarn monster eats raw yarn and excretes perfectly rolled yarn balls. A wireless remote control allows for the adjustment of the speed at which the monster consumes your yarn. The yarn winder is powered by a stepper motor, which is driven by an Easy Driver & Arduino Pro Mini. The Arduino receives speed instructions via XBee from a remotely connected potentiometer that has adjustable speed and direction control for various yarn-ball sizes. The source code used on the Arduino can be found here: https://github.com/toddtreece/Yarn-Monster
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